diff --git a/docs/man/ipython.1 b/docs/man/ipython.1
index a017fb0..0f4a191 100644
--- a/docs/man/ipython.1
+++ b/docs/man/ipython.1
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ or 'ipython \-\-help\-all' for all available command\(hyline options.
 \fIIPYTHONDIR\fR
 .RS 4
 This is the location where IPython stores all its configuration files.  The default
-on most platforms is $HOME/.ipython, but on Linux IPython respects the XDG config
-specification, which will put IPYTHONDIR in $HOME/.config/ipython by default.
+is $HOME/.ipython if IPYTHONDIR is not defined.
 
 You can see the computed value of IPYTHONDIR with `ipython locate`.